St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18
Addressed by the Women 10 tn
Makers of gsceraoC siuuOr.

Auuresseu Dy the Women 10 the
Makers OF Beer and liquor.
CHICAGO. March 17.-The National
Women's Christian Temperance union is
sued an address to-day to the brewers dis
tlllers. rectifers, wholesale dealers and
saloonkeepers. The address is in accord
ance with resolution adopted at the an
nual convention held in Minneapolis last
October. The address is in the form of
plea. and the people to whom it is directed
are addressed at the opening as brothers"
The address says:
From the days OF the crusade until this
day we have been in the habit of pleading
with you. personally and by letter and ad-
dress, to give up tft business OF making and
selling Intoxicating liquors as beverage.
To your credit be it said. that in the vast ma
JOrity or instances, you have treated us not
only with politeness. but with kindness. In
our great and successful campaigns for pro.
hio1tion (for none OF them have failed, since
even in Ohio. though we had not constitu-
tional majority, we had over 800, 900 votes for
prohibition to less than 100, 600 for license,
and i'll Kansas, Iowa, Maine and Rhode Island
we gained the amendment) in all the cam
palgns, we appeal to you TO say if we have
ever manifested Il spirit OF harshness or bra
vadO. On the contrary, we have spoken con-
Siderately OF YOU as men, reServing our de-
are engaged, for the laws by which a legal
status is accorded to the business, for the
legislatures which enact such laws, and the
voters who are the power behind the throne
OF iniquity and shame.
The address declares that many of the
men engaged in the liquor traffic are pos
sessed of the most generous attributes. but
among them are to be found some OF the
most unfortunate victims Of drink. The
address then goes on to say:
In almost every state and territory we
have sent out our appeal to the legislature
for protection from this curse and, though
often grievously disappointed, our plea has
not been altogether in vain. For thirteen
years we have petitioned congress, and at
last secured. in the scie ntitic temperance ed
ucation bill. the first general temperance
legislation known to it's annals; while our
pitiful cry to the voters of the nation has
been responded TO by local option laws
and constitutional amendments covering
nearly half the inhabited area OF the republic.
But we have never until now come with the
united voices Of the white ribbon women to
that small fraction of men who make and sell
the poisonous drinks against which we are
nghting: the drinks that nerve with danger
Gus strength arms already so much stronger
than our own. and at the same time so steal
away the brain that ought to guido those
manly arms tat they are no longer woman's
We bring our plea. then, straight to the
source OF womans direst calamity and sor-
row and lay it at your feet.
The address then proceeds to discuss the
question as to whether prohibition does not
prohibit. and declares that experience
proves that it does prohibit, in all practical
senses. and that this fact is realized and ac-
knowledged by the manufacturers. The
address finally says:
We have here addressed the manufacturer
and wholesaler as well as the dispenser of
strong drinks because we think an undue
share of Remuneration has fallen on the sa-
loonkeeper. who is but the cat's-paw TO rake
out of the fire the chestnut of the rich man
back Of him. Our observation teaches that
the stock and fixtures OF the saloon usually
belong to the brewer, distiler, or wholesale
dealer, who sets up in business some man,
ignorant and poor. who sells what the capital
list furnishes. Morally, this rich man is under
deeper condemnation than his less enlight-
ened representative who pours out the drink,
collects the price thoreof, and hands over the
lions share of profit to the manufacturer
and the government.